When implanted in a person's wrist, a TiMER counts down to the day the wearer finds true love. But Oona O'Leary faces the rare dilemma of a blank TiMER. Her soul mate - whoever and wherever he is - has yet to have a TiMER implanted. Staring down the barrel of thirty and tired of waiting for her would-be life partner to get off the dime, Oona breaks her own rules and falls for Mikey, a charming and inappropriately young supermarket clerk with a countdown of four months.
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sah reviewed TiMER (2009)
Romantic Sci-Fi
This film initially comes across as a fairly light romantic comedy with a sci-fi twist. Upon further reflection, the film is quite deep as it explores the expectations of relationships, a belief in soul mates, arranged marriages, fate, etc.
The film doesn't address the possibility that the soul mate might not exist for everyone--but rather it chooses to be more optimistic suggesting that there is "one" person for all of us. Although, it does imply that we may not meet that person.
Unfortunately, Timer comes across as a bit superficial as it focuses on the lead character and her search for her soul mate while allowing only tangential explorations of the deeper relationship issues experienced by the supporting characters.
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